bcoop said:
Has been using one on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. I'm sure he will have some more to say as he continues to get to know the machine.
BCOOP
IMHO ... the AT PRO is the best VLF detector Garrett is making right now.
It works great in the saltwater and in the wet saltwater sand.
It does not ground track so you do need to ground balance it when you change areas but unlike other detectors it will auto balance to very low numbers.
On wet saltwater sand I use Pro mode ... iron disc at 40 ... GB is around 12-15 ... most of the time I run full sensitivity with little or no chatter.
It has a good sharp target report (on small items) so I seldom need to use pinpoint on a target.
The iron audio is a great tool for ID'ing those dern bottle caps that often like to masquerade as a quarter.
I have an Excalibur II 8" coil and an E-trac and dont feel I am missing anything by not using one of them.
Cant seem to find the right setting on my F-75 SE to work the wet sand with it.
On the dry sand it is very sensitive and will pick up targets to the side of the coil as you sweep the sand.
This gives you a larger effective coil size.
I have found some rice grain size pieces of foil 3 or 4 inches deep.
The biggest issue right now is the headphone connector.
It is a bit hard to get on and off and if you are not careful you will damage the "O" ring seal.
Use a bit of silicon grease to help the "O" ring seat and seal better.
Willee